Radiobeacon Data Sharing by Forwarding Low Energy Transmissions to a Cloud Host

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a user interface operable for programming a predefined user programmable command in the user profile.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a client component, said client component comprising a user interface operable on a smart device for entering said user-programmable commands into the user profile.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the client component is operable as a background service on a smartphone, and wherein, in response to a signal received from a radiotag, said signal including a radiotag identifier, said client component operates to differentiate any radiotag identifier associated in a user profile with the owner of the smartphone from any radiotag identifiers associated with other members of a community of users.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the client component is a downloadable software application installable on a smartphone.

6. The system of claim 5, comprising, by the client component, sending the message to the server component in response to a Bluetooth radio signal from a radiotag, the Bluetooth radio signal including the radiotag identifier.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the command is a notification displayable on a remote machine.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote machine is a smartphone.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the radiotag information in the signal comprises sensor information output from a sensor or sensors in a radiotag, and the command is conditional on the value of the sensor information output.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the sensor information output comprises button-press sensor output from a button-press sensor in a radiotag.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the sensor is a photocell, a radiation sensor, a motion sensor, a velocity sensor, an accelerometer, a jolt sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, a gesture sensor, a gravitational sensor, a magnetic field sensor, a compass, a local time sensor, a switch open/switch closed sensor, a vibration sensor, an audio pattern detection sensor, a vehicle performance sensor, a biological agent sensor, a biochemical agent sensor, a chemical agent sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a windspeed sensor, a location sensor, a global positioning satellite sensor, a proximity sensor, or a relative radio signal strength sensor.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the command to a remote machine comprises a command to display a map showing a map location corresponding to the current location.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the command is programmable by an administrator of the server component.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the command is a community notification sent by a system administrator.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the command is transmitted in response to a message that includes a radiotag identifier associated in a user profile of a first member of a community of users and the message is sent to the server component from a smart device operable by a second member of a community of users.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote machine is a camera, a smart device, a cell phone, a garage door, a streetlamp, a motorized window, a volume control, a lock, a stove, a vehicle, or a panic alarm; and the predefined command is configured to trigger a physical machine act.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the command is a notification generated by a voice synthesizer.

19. The method of claim 18, comprising receiving a predefined user programmable command from a user and storing said predefined user-programmable command in a user profile in said database.

20. The method of claim 18, comprising: by a client component operable on a smart device, sending the message to the server component in response to a radio signal from a Bluetooth radiotag, the radio signal including the radiotag identifier.

21. The method of claim 18, comprising operating a client component as a background service on a user's smartphone, and wherein, in response to a signal received from a Bluetooth radiotag, said signal including a radiotag identifier, by said client component, differentiating any radiotag identifier associated in a user profile with the owner of the smartphone from any radiotag identifiers associated with other members of a community of users.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the client component on a user's smartphone is installable on the user's smartphone from a distribution server.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein the command is a notification and causing t notification to be displayed on a remote machine.

24. The method of claim 18, wherein the remote machine is a smartphone.

25. The method of claim 18, comprising transmitting a command in response to radiotag information in a message, wherein the radiotag information is a sensor output of a sensor of a radiotag.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the sensor is a photocell, a radiation sensor, a motion sensor, a velocity sensor, an accelerometer, a jolt sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, a gesture sensor, a gravitational sensor, a magnetic field sensor, a compass, a local time sensor, a switch open/switch closed sensor, a vibration sensor, an audio pattern detection sensor, a vehicle performance sensor, a biological agent sensor, a biochemical agent sensor, a chemical agent sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a windspeed sensor, a location sensor, a global positioning satellite sensor, a proximity sensor, or a relative radio signal strength sensor.

27. The method of claim 18, comprising: transmitting a command to display a map showing a location corresponding to the current location.

28. The method of claim 18, comprising: by said server component, storing said current location associated with a radiotag identifier in a chronology of location data in said database and generating a map of chronological locations of a radiotag over time.

29. The method of claim 18, comprising: sending the command to a plurality of remote machines.

30. The method of claim 18, comprising: by the server component, in response to a radiotag identifier received in a message from a smart device operable by a second member of a community of users, associating the radiotag identifier with a first member of the community of users and transmitting a command to a remote machine operable by the first member of the community of users.

31. The method of claim 18, comprising: by a first smart device, in response to a received radio signal from a radiotag associable with an owner of the first smart device, by the first smart device transmitting a message to the server component if the owner of the first smart device is not responsive.

32. The method of claim 18, comprising: by a first smart device, in response to a received radio signal not associable with an owner of the first smart device, transmitting a message to the server component as a background community service.

33. The method of claim 18, wherein the remote machine is a camera, a smart device, a cell phone, a garage door, a streetlamp, a motorized window, a volume control, a lock, a stove, a vehicle, or a panic alarm; and the command is configured to trigger a physical machine act.